Newsletter-- 11 Months

Dear Lylah, 

You are 11 months old. Yes, 11. That is almost 1 year old! 1 year? What?! This has been the fastest, craziest, best year of our lives. 

You love to cuddle. You give great snuggles. As evidenced below....

You love that Uncle Adam!

Gramps and Gigi were here some this month, and of course we took lots of pictures! I can't resist you in that owl hat. 

Still crazy about your baths. You prefer for Daddy to bathe you. You hand him toys and say "Dere" ("here") and he signs/says "Thank you" back. It's one of your absolute favorite games. Daddy takes his time bathing you. I am quick. Maybe that's why you prefer him to do it!

But it works out cause I can take pictures.... These will look great in your Senior slide show at church one day! :)

You still love books. You could turn pages in a book all day. That is your toy of choice. If we give you a book, you can entertain yourself for a loooong time.

Your skills are....crawling on knees and hands (bear crawl), pulling up, standing without pulling up, bending over and picking something up, then standing back up, and taking about 3-4 steps. You love pushing the cart. 

Here you are watching your first Olympic games! This is during the opening ceremonies. 

Very interested. 

And then you decided to start your training for the 2020 Olympics. 

You can take about 3-4 steps before you dive into one of our arms. You are so proud of yourself when you do it. You will definitely be walking by one year! Ahhh!! 

You are just a bundle of fun. You have gotten a little clingy in the past month, but as soon as I leave, apparently you are fine. You just cry for a minute. You love other kids and try to touch their faces. It's cute/terrifying. I don't want to you poke someone in the eye! 

We just love you so much. You make our lives so full of fun. We can't believe you are almost a year old. We wouldn't change one thing about the past year. You are the best little girl we know! We love you!

Love, 

Mom and Dad